The Skylanders Are Here

I promised the boys that I would take them to buy some new video games for them this weekend. And oh boy, were they good at reminding me of the promise. Irfan was ready from this and both of them actually had a list of preference which they wanted to ask.

But all of that stopped when they had a look at Skylanders. They played Spyro the Dragon before, made by the same company, but this game was radically different.

It came with a USB platform called the portal and three action figures. When you play the game, you changed the characters by replacing the characters on the platform. You could go and buy new characters as you expand the game in the future and all these characters have unique abilities. As you play the game, you could also develop these characters by gathering skills.

A novel concept I thought. And in could see them glued in front of the console for the next few weeks. Still early days, but they seemed to get the hang of it.

Couple of Days Off

I have decided to take the first couple of days of Puasa off, coinciding with my birthday. Just to take my mind off things. So, at work Monday and Tuesday, and then off for a couple of days. No on call as well.

I might spend the time tidying up the apartment. I also needed to do some shopping for Raya during that time. I was sure that couple of days would pass by in double quick time ....

The Final

It was the final Sunday of Wimbledon and we were treated to a real epic of a Men's Final. Djorkovic playing the home favourite Murray. The first three games if the first set lasted almost 2 minutes and the the game looked to be even.

Murray took the first set, but was just been broken in the second set. Almost all the games went to deuce, and they were halfway into the second set after an hour and a half of playing in bright, glorious sunshine. I could get a heatstroke just by looking at them playing.

I don't think I would be able to watch the game right till the end. I had to.work.tomorrow, but would definitely be checking on Twitter from time to time. Yes, I was a part of #TeamMurray. Sad, but the English spirit in me lived on.

Update on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 9:50PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

Stop the press! Andy Murray won in straight sets. Well done!

Security

The story about a Tan Sri shooting down a parang-weilding robber at a medical clinic in town last night got me thinking how vulnerable the Casualty were in case robbers came into the lobby and asked for money from the till. Will the security staffs be able to this kind of situation? How about the patients who were waiting to be treated? And their relatives? Will the security staffs be able to protect the medical staffs and patients should somebody turned up with a shotgun.

Subang Jaya is not exactly the safest neighborhood as far as security was concerned. And I dread the day when someone do come in and rob our hospital at night. We really need to get the security beefed up. I pray that we wouldn't be a target.

On Call Again

Another Friday and another call. It had been OK so far, but the fact that I was on call just brought my mood down a touch. The weather outside was gloomy, but at least it wasn't hazy. Or was it not?

Just finished my rounds and was feeling peckish. The only relief I could reasonably go to at this hour would be to the mamak stall down the road. Could do with an early dinner, and this evening I was planning to spend the time at the Doctor's lounge watching tennis. It would be the Men's semifinals tonight and I was expecting some epic matches.

Hopefully the call would be gentle and I would be able to watch some bot of the match.